Parents, Boys and Fans,
After our first big meet I hope everyone is feeling optimistic about the season!

The next couple weeks are full of fun practices! …and a couple meets!

Spring Break! I know it's vacation from school, but it's not a vacation from swim! We can't afford a nine day break in the middle of the season. Being in the water as much as possible is going to give us our best chance at a good taper for league finals. Be at these practices!!!

We're starting to race stronger opponents, and our practices will be getting harder, "Keep your eyes on the prize!" All this training is for Moore League Finals, and for some ... CIF.

Swimming your best at the end of the season, takes a whole season of hard work, there is no substitute or equivocal. Don't forget that in the days to come.

~Tyler

TEAM/FAMILY PASTA DINNER!!

Getting ready for Millikan!!
When > Thursday 3/26/09
Hosts > The Valdez Home (Edgardo, Dora, and Carlos)
3141 Julian Ave
Long Beach, CA 90807
(562) 594-6115
Sign ups as follows:

Garlic Bread (for 10 people):
Gulls, Averill-Murphy, Bauk

Salad (for 10):
Sanger, Reiser, Pollack, Korkos, Gonzalez

Dessert:
De Young, Blanc, Hagel, Korkos, Farkas

Water:
De Lynn, Wilson

We are short garlic bread and water—if you feel so inclined, please respond to me via e-mail and I will sign you up! If I have you mis-assigned, please also let me know.

Thanks so much everyone and I will see you at the Valdez home at 6:00 PM this Thursday!!
Go Poly!!!
Margaret Vento-Wilson
~Riley’s mom~
margaret@schoolsavers.com

Gettin' Ready for the BIG one!!

Parents and Athletes,

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, as short as it was. Don't forget, Monday 3/23 we swim against Westminister at Poly!

Note the updated schedule on this site in particular the "water polo day" change!

On Friday the boys gotta wear their team shirts and jeans!
Be ready for hard Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday practices!
Carbo dinner Thursday night!!!

Just so everyone knows, the further we get into the season the harder
practices are going to be, and our yardage will be increasing. This is
so when League finals come around we can start to cut back on yardage
and start "tapering".

Stay strong, stay focused, stay driven ... no matter how tired you are!
Every practice counts, every set counts, every lap counts!!
~Tyler

Just a Few Updates for Swim!

Everyone!
I've got a few announcements about the upcoming days, one of which is a schedule correction:
Next monday (3/23) we have a meet against Westminister High at Poly.

Also, some of the boys are starting to get ancy about water polo, and have been asking about practicing, so Scott and I decided we would try to hold a small practice next Wednesday (3/25) following swim.

We will have practice as normal on Wednesday (3/25) from 2:00 to 5:00pm but at 4:30pm we will get out the water polo balls; warm up a bit, and scrimmage till 5:30 or 5:45pm. I know some guys only do swim, or may not want to participate in the water polo; those who wish, will just have normal swim practice till 5:00.

Lastly, at the Pasta dinner this Thursday (3/19), the tickets for our Carwash Fundraiser will be handed out to the boys for them to sell. Each swimmer will be responsible for selling five to seven tickets to the car wash in May.

Don't stress about the details when you read this, we'll be talking about it more at the Team dinner and at practice.
Thank you!
Tyler

DON'T MISS OUT!!

Poly Swimmers and Families!
Please join the team this Thursday evening at the Lombardino's house, located at 4330 Lime Ave, Long Beach 90807.

The Lombardino's are providing the sauce, the meat, and the pasta... And, may I add that Enrico is Italian, so the food is authentic and delicious!

The pasta dinner begins at 6:00 PM. All you have to do is show up, mingle, and eat! Any clean-up assistance is greatly appreciated by the hosts.

We are still short on garlic bread and salad--please sign-up for
these items. Thanks to all who have already signed up.
Looking forward to a great turn-out!

Margaret Vento-Wilson
Riley's Mom
margaret@schoolsavers.com

TEAM FAMILY PASTA DINNERS!!!

Poly Swim Members and Families:
Our Pasta Dinners start this week at the Lombardino's house. We need families to sign-up to bring a few items. Please sign up for the item you prefer to bring and reply to me so I can create the master list. You will receive a reminder e-mail and phone call the day before the dinner.

We need sign-ups for:

Garlic Bread for 10:

Salad for 10:

Dessert for 10:

Case of bottled water:

Single Bag of Ice:

Lombardino Clean-up effort:

The Pasta Dinner schedule is posted below on this blog site.
Here are my contact numbers and email information, let me know ASAP what you can contribute or if you have questions... Go Poly!!!

Margaret Vento-Wilson
Riley Wilson's Mom
(800) 221-2120
(562) 988-0988
margaret@schoolsavers.com

Great Week!

Athletes, Parents and Fans,
Firstly, great week, all around! Los Al was tough, everyone was sore for the Gahr meet, but everyone did great in practice and in the meets. I'm really happy with the way this week went.

Secondly, next couple weeks are a lot of practice! Review the practice/meet schedule for the next 2 weeks posted on this page!

Have a good weekend, be sure the boys get plenty of rest!
~Coach Tyler~

PS: See you all at our 1st League Pasta Dinner!!

... And We're Off !!!

Parents, Athletes & Fans,
Congrats on a great week everyone!
Two swim meets down and a lot more to go!!
Recap of the week: Varsity lost to Huntington, but beat Downey, check the blog site for scores!

Notable Highlights:
Matt Sanger swam a 27.9 to win the Junior Varsity 50 backstroke
William Mai swam a 2:04 to win the Varsity 200 freestyle

Next week is another long week: 2 meets and a lotta practice!
Now that the boys are starting to get in shape, practices are going to start getting harder, so be prepared for a long week, check the practice/meet schedule on this page!

Enjoy your weekend, next week is going to be a tough one!
Coach Tyler